PINETOWN, KZN. The decomposing bodies of newspaper couple Kate Lizamore, 50, and Graham Lizamore, 62, were discovered in their Pinetown home on July 23 2010. They were murdered: a plastic bag was pulled over her head and his hands and feet were tied behind him. Her sister Mrs Patricia Hayes of Pietermaritzburg had alerted the couple’s colleagues and police after she was unable to reach them on their cellphones. They had moved from the East Cape five weeks earlier. Mr Lizamore ‘s hometown was Gonubie, EC.

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He wrote on his facebook page on July 8: “ Durbs makes everything good and bad people behind you” ..

On April 26 he also wrote: “ Happy birthday dear Katey, my wife and closest companion, who is always the first to come to the aid of those who need help no matter the time nor circumstance. Enjoy today and countless more…”

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Independent Newspapers confirmed that their employee Kathleen (Kate) Lizamore and her husband, Graham had only been living in KZN for one month and a week after moving from the Eastern Cape. Kate Lizamore's colleagues said she had not been at work since Wednesday and Mrs Hayes had called the newspaper to find out if her colleagues had heard from her because she had been unable to get hold of the couple since Monday.

The Mercury newspaper reported that on Friday, Mrs Hayes had ‘managed to get the police to check on them at their house in Rushbrook Road South, in Mosley Park, only to discover that the house had been locked.” KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesman Vincent Mdunge said on inspection police had found them dead. "Their bodies were slumped in the toilet. The man had his hands tied behind his back with a rope and the wife's head was covered with what looked like a refuse bag. Their bodies were already in a state of decomposition."

A neighbour said she had last seen the couple on Wednesday. The Lizamores were having some painting work done at their home by the local complex caretaker. The neighbour said they were busy painting when she heard what sounded like an altercation between Graham Lizamore and the complex's caretaker. She said she locked herself in her house and after a while there was silence. That same night the complex caretaker and his girlfriend, who had been living with him on the premises, packed up their belongings and left. There were blood stains on the curtain of their flatlet. Mdunge said they were still investigating and had not established the cause of death. It was not clear if they had been strangled. "Because of the level of heat their bodies were already in a state of decomposition but they were fully clothed. Nothing was stolen from the house. There is also no evidence of forced entry".

The couple had arrived in Durban last month and Kate Lizamore had got a job with Independent Newspapers Special Projects. Kate Lizamore's line manager, Vinesh Naidoo, said they were all shocked by her death. She had worked at media houses across the country. Graham Lizamore had been employed by the then Argus group, which became Independent Newspapers after it was bought out by Irish entrepreneur Sir Anthony O'Reilly. He had worked in editorial sections of the Cape Argus and Star titles. He also worked for Johnnic Communications, now the Avusa group, overseeing the relaunch of the old Kei Mercury community newspaper in King William's Town. Graham Lizamore had also been accredited with the launches of The Barberton Times, The Natural Farmer, The Coastal Profile and The Mpumalanga Tourist. http://www.themercury.co.za/?fSectionId=&fArticleId=vn20100724091601884C761363

HIBBERDENE, KZN. July 23 2010 - A convicted burglar who had been jailed for breaking into a Hibberdene smallholding - and who was released from prison in June – was amongst three sugar-cane workers arrested at a kampong 12 km away; suspected of murdering the retired white English-speaking couple Christopher (69) and Jennifer (62) Early, who are originally from the United Kingdom. The kampong is 12km away from the smallholdings. The Early couple had been found dead inside their crashed, torched car.

Beeld newspaper journalist Dries Liebenberg reports on July 23 2010 that the 23-year-old suspect was jailed for breaking in at Hibberdene – the same region where Mr and Mrs Early were hacked to death. A team of detectives from Port Shepstone descended on the Silver Hill kampong at a sugar-cane farm co-operative at 4pm on Fridayto arrest the man. SAPS lt.col. Zandra Hechter said the kampong is located about 12km from the Early smallholding. The couple’s .22 and .38 special handguns, their two cellphones and various other items from the Early household were found with the suspects. The SAPS believe that Mrs Early was shot dead with the couple’s own .22 handgun. Mr Early was hacked to death with a machete – police believe he had surprised the attackers inside the homestead while they were holding his wife captive. The men are scheduled to set remand court appearance date on Monday July 26. The SAPS is also investigating whether the attack-gang can be linked to any other armed robberies in the region. 2010-07-23 Dries Liebenberghttp://www.beeld.com/Suid-Afrika/Nuus/Hy-moor-glo-na-sy-vrylating-20100723

The term "genocide" was coined by legal scholar Raphael Lemkin in 1943, writing:

'Generally speaking, genocide does not necessarily mean the immediate destruction of a nation, except when accomplished by mass killings of all members of a nation. It is intended rather to signify a coordinated plan of different actionsaiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves.

The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of personal security, liberty, health, dignity and lives of the members of such groups... '